"It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer" is a value statement; in the US, some folks agree with it, some do not.
Under your argument, folks who disagreed about that value statement shouldn't bother discussing criminal justice policy; I think that's erroneous and part-and-parcel of Don't Bother With Those People.
Yes, _some_ policy conversations might be futile if folks have completely opposed values, but I don't think we should apply that generally.
We MUST work with people who hold different values than us, without trying to change their values so that they become part of Us.
Under your argument, folks who disagreed about that value statement shouldn't bother discussing criminal justice policy; I think that's erroneous and part-and-parcel of Don't Bother With Those People.
Yes, _some_ policy conversations might be futile if folks have completely opposed values, but I don't think we should apply that generally.
We MUST work with people who hold different values than us, without trying to change their values so that they become part of Us.